Yamaha PSR-620 manual

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1 Congratulations! Y ou are the proud owner of a fine electronic k eyboard. The Y amaha PSR-620 P or taT one combines the most adv anced A WM tone generation technology with state-of-the-ar t digital electronics and features to give you stunning sound quality with maximum musical enjoyment. A new large graphic display and easy-to-use interface also[...]

2 Contents Taking Care of Your PortaTone ................................................. 3 Panel Controls 4 The Music Stand ......................................................................... 5 Setting Up 6 Power Supply .............................................................................. 6 ■ Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor ..[...]

3 YAMAHA is not responsible for damage caused by improper handling or operation. T aking Care of Y our PortaT one Y our P or taT one will give y ou years of pla ying pleasure if you f ollow the simple rules given belo w: ■ Location Do not expose the instrument to the following con- ditions to avoid deformation, discoloration, or more serious dama[...]

4 Panel Controls 1 PO WER Switch ............................................. page 8 2 MASTER V OLUME Control ........................... page 8 3 DEMO Button ................................................ page 9 4 DIGIT AL EFFECT Section • REVERB Button ....................................... page 24 • CHOR US Button .......................[...]

5 Panel Controls The PSR-620 is supplied with a music stand that can be attached to the instrument by inserting it into the slot at the rear of the control panel. w PITCH BEND Wheel ................................... page 23 e PH O N E S Ja ck ............................................... page 7 r Disk Drive .....................................[...]

6 Power Supply Y our PSR-620 will run either from batteries or an optional power adaptor . Follow the instructions below according to the power source you intend to use. • Never interrupt the power supply (e.g. remove the batter- ies or unplug the AC adaptor) during any PSR-620 record operation! Doing so can result in a loss of data. ■ Using Ba[...]

7 Connections ■ The PHONES Jack ................................................................................................................................... Setting Up ■ SUST AIN Jack ................................................................................................................................................... • Be [...]

8 MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME The Demonstration Once y ou ’ ve set up y our PSR-620, try listening to the pre-programmed demonstration songs — the y ’ ll give you a good idea of what the PSR-620 can do! A total of 25 demo songs are provided — songs 01 through 17 ha ve been created to demonstrate se ver al of the instr ument ’ s v oices, while s[...]

9 SSax 8 01 DEMO 3 Press the [DEMO] Button ........................................................................................................... Press the [DEMO] button to start demo playback. The PSR-620 SONG function will automatically be selected and the number and name of the first demo song will appear on the top line of the display and [...]

10 CURSOR FUNCTION ACCOMP TRACK SONG TRACK GrandPno TEMPO TRANSPOSE MEASURE REPE A MIN U REV E CHO R DSP RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE ACCOMP MELO DY 2 MELODY 1 11 1 ON / OFF VOICE VOL REGIST REC REC REC OT S 8 01 1 35 1 02 1 17 1 30 1 01 1 01 1 118 1 0 a 01 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIS T MEMORY MUL TI P AD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM / ECHO O VERALL DIGI[...]

11 MODE A T CHORD BEAT TOUCH U S ONE E RB DUAL R US HARMONY SUSTAIN m S NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED LOAD SA VE DELETE FORMA T JOB SELECT EXECUTE QUIT DISK Song Track Parameters & Icons Like the accompaniment tr acks, each of the 3 song trac ks has ON/OFF , voice number (MELOD Y tracks), and v olume parameters that can be set as required (page [...]

12 Playing the PSR-620 Selecting & Playing V oices The PSR-620 has 141 outstanding “pitched” voices (voice numbers 01 through 141) and 8 percussion kits (numbers 142 through 149) that you can select and play on the keyboard. 1 Select the NORMAL Mode ............................................................................................[...]

13 Playing the PSR-620 3 Select a V oice ..................................................................................................................................................... The PSR-620 has 149 voices that can be selected by using either the [–/ NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial. The voices are listed i[...]

14 Std.Kit 142 VOICE STYLE SONG Playing the PSR-620 ■ K e yboard P er cussion When one of the eight PERCUSSION KIT voices are selected — voice numbers 142 through 149 — you can play drums and percussion instru- ments on the keyboard. The drums and percussion instruments played by the various keys are marked by symbols below the keys. • The [...]

15 Playing the PSR-620 The Split Mode The SPLIT mode lets you play dif ferent voices with the left and right hands. Y ou could, for example, play bass with the left hand while playing piano with the right. The right-hand voice is the keyboard voice you select in the normal way (page 12), and the left hand voice is selected via the SPLIT VOICE func-[...]

16 Playing the PSR-620 Function Description Split Voice The split voice can be changed as required while the number and name of the current split voice appear on the top line of the display. S.Volume Sets the volume of the split voice so you can create the opti- mum blend with the right-hand voice. The volume range is from “ 00 ” (no sound) to [...]

17 Playing the PSR-620 T ouch Response This function turns the touch response of the keyboard ON or OFF . Use the KEYBOARD [T OUCH RESPONSE] button to turn T OUCH RESPONSE ON or OFF as required. The touch-response icon will appear next to “T OUCH” in the display when T OUCH RESPONSE is turned ON. The actual touch re- sponse sensitivity of the k[...]

18 Changing the Dual V oice & Related Parameters 1 Select the DU AL V OICE Function ............................................................................... Press the [FUNCTION] button to the left of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to “DUAL VOICE” in the function list to the left[...]

19 Playing the PSR-620 Function Description Dual Voice The dual voice can be changed as required while the number and name of the current dual voice appear on the top line of the display. The PSR-620 has 143 dual voices (voice numbers 01 … 141 and 150 … 151). Voice numbers 150 … 151 exclu- sively can be used as the dual voice. D.Volume Sets t[...]

20 Playing the PSR-620 Harmony/Echo The harmony effects (01…10) automatically add appropriate harmony notes to the melody line you play on the keyboard. The harmony is derived from the chords you play on the left hand parts. The echo effects (1 1…22) add delay-based effects to the right hand melody parts. Press the [HARMONY/ECHO] button to turn[...]

21 Playing the PSR-620 2 Select a Harmony/Ec ho T ype ............................................................................................. Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial to select one of the available harmony/echo types (listed below). ● The Harmony(01…10) & Echo(11…22) Types Type Descri[...]

22 Playing the PSR-620 Sustain When the Sustain feature is ON (the sustain icon will appear next to “SUS- T AIN” in the display), all notes played on the keyboard have a longer sustain. Press the [SUST AIN] button to turn the SUST AIN effect ON or OFF . • Sustain does not apply to some voices. KEYBOARD TOUCH RESPONSE DUAL VOICE HARMONY/ECHO S[...]

23 Playing the PSR-620 T ransposition This functions allow the overall pitch of the PSR-620 to be transposed up or down by a maximum of one octave in semitone increments. 1 Mo ve the Cursor to the T ranspose V alue ................................................... Use the CURSOR buttons to select the number to the right of the key- board icon lab[...]

24 Digital Effects 1 Select the Re verb T ype Function ................................................................... Press the [FUNCTION] button to the left of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to “DIGIT AL EFFECT” in the function list to the left of the display , and use the cursor [ ?[...]

25 2 Select the Re verb T ype ................................................................................................................... Use the cursor [ > ] button to enter the Reverb T ype function and then select one of the 13 reverb types using the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial. The name of the se[...]

26 Digital Effects Changing the Chorus Effect 1 Select the Chorus T ype Function ............................................................................... Press the [FUNCTION] button to the left of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to “DIGIT AL EFFECT” in the function list to the left o[...]

27 Digital Effects 3 Exit ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Press the [VOICE] button or select a dif ferent function to exit from the DIGIT AL EFFECT function. 1 Select the Chorus Return Level Funct[...]

28 Digital Effects Changing the DSP Effect Selecting the DSP Effect T ype The DSP Types 01~04 Hall 1~4 05~08 Room 1~4 09, 10 Stage 1, 2 11, 12 Plate 1, 2 13, 14 Early Reflection 1, 2 15 Gate Reverb 16 Reverse Gate 17~21 Chorus 1~5 22~25 Flanger 1~4 26 Symphonic 27 Phaser 28~32 Rotary Speaker 1~5 33, 34 Tremolo 1, 2 35 Guitar Tremolo 36 Auto Pan 37 [...]

29 Digital Effects 3 Exit ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Press the [VOICE] button or select a dif ferent function to exit from the DIGIT AL EFFECT function. 2 Set the DSP Return Level ...........[...]

30 Using Auto Accompaniment The PSR-620 has 100 diff erent accompaniment “ styles ” that can be used to provide fully-orchestrated accompaniment. The PSR-620 ’ s sophisti- cated A uto Accompaniment system can provide automated bass and chord bac king that is perfectly matched to the selected accompaniment style. • The maximum number of note[...]

31 Using Auto Accompaniment ● SINGLE FINGER ACCOMPANIMENT Single-finger accompaniment makes it simple to produce beautifully orchestrated accompaniment using major , seventh, minor and minor- seventh chords by pressing a minimum number of keys on the left-hand section of the keyboard. The abbreviated chord fingerings described be- low are used: C[...]

32 Using Auto Accompaniment ● NORMAL This is the default FINGERED accompaniment mode. The NORMAL mode lets you finger your own chords on the left-hand section of the keyboard (i.e. all keys to the left of and including the split-point key — normally 54) while the PSR-620 supplies appropriately orchestrated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment [...]

33 Using Auto Accompaniment ● BASS This is essentially the same as the NORMAL mode, above, except that the lowest note played in the auto accompaniment section of the key- board will be played by the bass part rather than the chord root. ● FULL In this mode the PSR-620 automatically differentiates between left-hand chords and right-hand melody [...]

34 TEMPO 118 TEMPO RESET Using Auto Accompaniment 5 Set the T empo ................................................................................................................................................... When you select a different style while the accompaniment is not play- ing, the “default” tempo for that style is also selected, an[...]

35 Using Auto Accompaniment 6 Star t the Accompaniment ......................................................................................................... There are several ways to start the accompaniment: ● Straight start: Press the [ST AR T/STOP] button. The rhythm will begin playing imme- diately without bass and chord accompaniment. The[...]

36 Using Auto Accompaniment • If you press and hold the [SYNC- START/STOP] button the “ InitSnd? ” function will be se- lected — see page 85. Pressing the [SYNC-ST AR T/STOP] button alone causes a straight start to occur when the first note or chord is played. Press the [SYNC- ST ART/ST OP] button and then the appropriate [INTRO] and [MAIN][...]

37 Using Auto Accompaniment 8 Select the MAIN A and B Sections as Required ............................ The MAIN A and MAIN B sections can be selected at any time during playback by pressing the corresponding button. Whenever you press the MAIN [A] or [B] button during playback, the PSR-620 will generate an appropriate “fill-in” (one of four ty[...]

38 Using Auto Accompaniment Accompaniment T rack Control The PSR-620 has eight accompaniment tracks — RHYTHM 1/2, BASS, CHORD 1/2, P AD, and PHRASE 1/2 — that you can control to modify the “orchestration” and therefore the overall sound of the accompaniment. When the power switch is turned ON or an accompaniment style is selected, RHYTHM 1,[...]

39 Using Auto Accompaniment ■ Large/Small Accompaniment ............................................................................................. The simplest form of accompaniment track control is provided by the [ACCOMP LARGE/SMALL] button. This button alternately turns the appropriate track (s) ON and OFF , thereby changing the number of p[...]

40 Using Auto Accompaniment ■ Changing Accompaniment T rack V oices ...................................................... Y ou can change the voice used for each track by moving the cursor but- tons to select the voice number of the target track (the voice number will flash), and then using the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or[...]

41 Using Auto Accompaniment Changing the Accompaniment Split Point 1 Select the Accompaniment Split P oint Function ......................... Press the [FUNCTION] button to the left of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to “OVER- ALL” in the function list to the left of the display . Then use [...]

42 Using Auto Accompaniment One T ouch Setting One T ouch Setting lets you instantly select the appropriate panel settings suitable for the current style. Each style (100 styles) contains four variations. This means that you can freely use 400 different panel settings. The One T ouch Setting feature automatically sets the following parameters: 1 T [...]

43 Registration Memory The PSR-620 Registration Memor y f eature can be used to memor ize 128 complete control-panel setups (32 banks, 4 setups each) that y ou can recall whene ver needed. Registering the Panel Settings 1 Set Up the Contr ols as Required ................................................................................ Make the desir[...]

44 Registration Memory 3 Register the Settings .......................................................................................................................... While holding the [MEMORIZE] button, press one of the REGISTRA- TION MEMOR Y buttons. Any data that was previously in the selected loca- tion is erased and replaced by the new sett[...]

45 Registration Memory Recall the Registered Panel Settings • Cartridge and disk registration settings can be recalled as de- scribed on pages 63 and 68. • If the Accomp Freeze function is ON when a REGISTRATION MEMORY is recalled, the regis- tration number will flash. • Registration bank 01 can be instantly recalled by simultane- ously press[...]

46 Song Recording The PSR-620 SONG TRACKS allo ws you to record and pla y back a complete song including chord sequences created using the A uto Ac- companiment f eature and a melody line you pla y on the ke yboard. The SONG TRACKS include one A CCOMP track and tw o MELOD Y trac ks. Song number 26 is a vailab le for recording y our own songs (the ?[...]

47 FUNCTION UserSong 8 26 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIS T MEMORY MUL TI P AD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM / ECHO O VERALL DIGIT AL EFFECT Song Recording 1 Select the User Song Number .......................................................................................... If necessary , use the [FUNCTION] buttons to select the SONG function, and then the [...]

48 Song Recording 4 Recor d ............................................................................................................................................................................. Recording will begin as soon as you play a note on the keyboard or press the SONG [PLA Y/STOP] button, and the BEA T indicator dots will begin to in[...]

49 Song Recording The SONG ACCOMP track records the following operations and data: Recording Accompaniment W ith or W ithout a Melody • Section changes • Style number* • Accompaniment track changes* (track ON/OFF, voice number, volume) • Accompaniment volume* • Chord changes, timing • Reverb type • Chorus type * Recorded only at the b[...]

50 Song Recording 3 Engage the A CCOMP/MELOD Y T rac k Record Read y Mode ............................................................................................................................. Press the SONG [REC] button. The [REC] indicator will flash, and “REC” will appear in the ACCOMP and MELODY 1 track positions on the display indic[...]

51 Song Recording Play the required chords in the Auto Accompaniment section of the key- board. If you’ve also selected the MELODY track to be recorded, play the melody on the right-hand section of the keyboard. The MEASURE number on the display will increment as recording progresses. MEASURE a 02 Character List ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefg[...]

52 Song Recording Accompaniment and Melody Playback 1 Select the User Song Number .......................................................................................... If necessary , use the FUNCTION buttons to select the SONG function, and then the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial to select SONG number “26?[...]

53 Song Recording Play fr om a Specified Measur e Y ou can start SONG playback from any specified measure, as long as the specified measure is within the range of measures that has already been re- corded: 1 Select the MEASURE P arameter .................................................................................. While no recording or playbac[...]

54 Song Recording ■ V oice & V olume Rewrite Y ou can rewrite the last recorded voice change in any individual track during playback by using the cursor buttons to select the voice number of the tar get track (the voice number will flash), and then using the number buttons, the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons or the data dial to select the de- s[...]

55 The Multi Pads The PSR-620 MUL TI P ADS can be used to play 84 shor t pre-recorded rhythmic and melodic sequences , that can be used to add impact and v ar iety to your k eyboard perf ormances. Some of the pad phrases simply pla y back as prog rammed, while others are “ chord match ” types which are automatically transposed to match chords p[...]

56 The Multi Pads 2 Select a Multi P ad Kit Number ......................................................................................... Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial to select one of the 21 available multi pad kits. 3 Play the Multi P ad ...............................................................[...]

57 The Multi Pads The MUL TI P ADS record the following data: Recording the MUL TI P ADS • Note ON/OFF • Velocity • Voice number • Octave • Pan • Dual voice ON/OFF, Dual voice (voice number, volume, octave, reverb level, chorus level, pan) • Keyboard volume* • Reverb Level • Chorus Level • Harmony/Echo ON/OFF, type • Reverb ON[...]

58 The Multi Pads 3 Select a V oice and Other Parameter s ................................................................. Select a voice and related parameters you want to record on the MUL TI P ADS. Y ou might also want to set a tempo that will be easy to record at. If you select a pitched voice to record, the data will automatically be transpos[...]

59 The Multi Pads 7 Play the Multi P ads ................................................................................................................................. T ap any of the MUL TI P ADS. Y our recorded data will be played in ex- actly the same way as the preset data. ● Enter a New Name for the Multi Pad Kit If you want to enter a de[...]

60 Using Music Cartridges The PSR-620 f eatures a car tridge slot which accepts pre-programmed Y amaha Music Car tr idges containing style, song and/or registration data. One sample Music Car tr idge is supplied with the PSR-620. Others are a v ailable from y our Y amaha dealer . ACCOMP TRACK SONG TRACK YESTERDY TEMPO TRANSPOSE MEASURE REPEAT CHORD[...]

61 Using Music Cartridges Cartridge Accompaniment Styles The Music Cartridge supplied with the PSR-620 provides an extra 8 accompaniment styles that can be used in the same way as the internal accompaniment styles. 1 Select the Style Function ...........................................................................................................[...]

62 Using Music Cartridges Cartridge Songs 1 Select the SONG Function ....................................................................................................... Use the FUNCTION [ ▲ ] and [ ▼ ] buttons to select the SONG function. 2 Select a Cartridge Song Number ......................................................................[...]

63 Using Music Cartridges Cartridge Registration Presets The Music Cartridge supplied with the PSR-620 provides 8 banks of preset registration settings (8 banks x 4 registration memories = 32 total) that provide a number of useful registration setups (refer to page 43 for details on the registration memory). 1 Select the Regist Memory Function ....[...]

64 Using Floppy Disks The PSR-620 f eatures a floppy disk driv e that allo ws vir tually unlimited storage of User Songs , User Pad kits (that y ou have recorded y ourself), User Styles (loaded from Style File F or mat Style Disks) and Registration Memor y data. PSR-620 disk data can be selected in the same wa y as the inter nal data via the approp[...]

65 Using Floppy Disks Formatting a New Floppy Disk 1 Insert the Disk to Be Formatted .................................................................................... Make sure that the disk’ s write protect tab is set to the “write” position (tab closed), and insert the new disk into the disk drive unit with the sliding shutter facing the[...]

66 Saving, Loading, & Deleting Disk Files Saving to Disk Using Floppy Disks Type File Extension Data Saved Song .SGD User song data Style .STY User style data Multi Pad .MPD User multi pad data : pads [1] through [4] Registration .SRD The currently selected registration bank data: Memory registration memory settings [1] through [4] .RAL All reg[...]

67 Using Floppy Disks • No disk job can be selected even if you press the [JOB SELECT] button if no disk is inserted in the PSR-620 disk drive. • If the user style number “ 101 ” contains no data, “ ******** ” will appear to the right of the data number in the display. • When one of the disk jobs is selected by pressing the [JOB SELEC[...]

68 5 Press the [EXECUTE] Button ................................................................................ Press the [EXECUTE] button. The “SELECT DESTINA TION” indicator appears above the beat indicator in the display . Using Floppy Disks Yamaha 8 01 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIS T MEMORY MUL TI P AD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM / ECHO O VERALL [...]

69 JOB SELECT EXECUTE QUIT DISK Loading 803 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIS T MEMORY MUL TI P AD Using Floppy Disks • If the selected song can be played via Quick Play fea- ture, the LOAD job will not automatically be selected and the [EXECUTE] indica- tor will not flash. • Selecting a file on the disk may not be possible, imme- diately after the floppy[...]

70 Using Floppy Disks Some song and registration files have “referred” file(s). If, for example, a loaded song file was recorded with a user style, the song file will not play correctly if the user style file has not also been loaded. Also, if a registration setup includes a user style and/or user pad data, the user style and/or user pad file m[...]

71 Using Floppy Disks ■ User Style or User P ad Files Referred to by a Registration File ................................................ → When recalling a registration setup with referred user style and/or user pad file(s), the [EXECUTE] indicator will flash and “Ref Load?” will appear on the display if the inserted disk includes the user[...]

72 Deleting a Disk File 1 Select the DELETE Job .................................................................................................................. Press the [JOB SELECT] button to the right of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to “DE- LETE” in the disk job list to the right of[...]

73 Quick Play: Disk Or chestra Collection & Standard MIDI File Disks Using Floppy Disks / REC PLA Y/STOP REPEA T PLA Y MINUS ONE SONG • During Quick Play you can adjust the tempo of playback. (see page 34) • In the case of Disk Orchestra Collection or Disklavier PianoSoft disks, the minus-one left and right hand parts will be set auto- mati[...]

74 Practice Features The PSR-620 includes two f eatures that can be a great aid in lear ning to pla y and practicing on the ke yboard. ■ Specifying the P ar t (s) to Be T urned On or Off ................................ T o specify the right-hand, left-hand, or both parts to be turned OFF when the Minus One mode is engaged, first select the OVERA[...]

75 Practice Features FUNCTION MinusMod __r VOICE STYLE SONG REGIS T MEMORY MUL TI P AD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM / ECHO O VERALL DIGIT AL EFFECT CURSOR – /NO + / YES 0 789 Mode Part Turned Off __r Right hand. L__ Left hand. L_r Left and right hands. It is also possible to specify the repeat section while playback is stopped. First use the MEASU[...]

76 Some of the functions in the O VERALL function gro up ha ve already been described in appropriate sections of this manual. Others will be intro- duced for the first time in this section. Refer to the chart below for the page numbers on which each function is described. The char t also lists the full name of each function, the abbreviated name wh[...]

77 Octave 10 0 T o access an OVERALL function press either of the [FUNCTION] buttons to the left of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to “OVERALL” in the function list to the left of the display . Then use the cursor [ ▲ ] and [ ▼ ] buttons to select the desired function from within the O[...]

78 Overall Functions ■ Reverb Level ....................................................................................................................................................... Sets the reverb send level for the voice selected via the VOICE function. The reverb send level determines the amount of signal sent to the reverb ef fect. The [...]

79 Overall Functions ■ V oice Set ..................................................................................................................................................................... The VOICE SET feature brings out the best in each individual voice by automatically setting a range of important voice-related parameters when- ever[...]

80 ■ Minus-one Right/Left-hand Channel .................................................................... Y ou can practice the specified part (in the Minus One mode) by selecting the internal demo, cartridge or disk song you want to practice and by assign- ing the appropriate channel to the desired part. Any channel —1 through 16 — can be [...]

81 MIDI Functions MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a world-standard communication interface that allows MIDI-compatible musical instruments and equipment to share musical information and control one another . This makes it possible to create “systems” of MIDI instruments and equipment that of fer far greater versatil- ity and [...]

82 The PSR-620 is capable of receiving the same MIDI data, so a second MIDI keyboard connected to the PSR-620 MIDI IN connector can be used to remotely play the PSR-620 and select voices as required. Overall Functions ● MIDI Sequence Recording Although the PSR-620 features a built-in “sequencer” (the SONG re- corder is a type of sequencer), t[...]

83 Overall Functions ■ Remote Channel .......................................................................................................................................... Sets the MIDI channel on which data from a remote keyboard will be received. Any of the standard MIDI channels — 1 through 16 — can be specified. The remote keyboard m[...]

84 ■ Local Contr ol ...................................................................................................................................................... “Local Control” refers to the fact that, normally , the PSR-620 keyboard controls the internal tone generator , allowing the internal voices to be played directly from the k[...]

85 Overall Functions ExtClock oFF InitSnd? YES ■ Initial Data Send ........................................................................................................................................... T ransmits all current panel settings to a MIDI data storage device before actually recording your performance. W ith the “InitSnd?” func[...]

86 Appendix: PSR-620 Function T ree V OICE GrandPno Selecting Voices ....................................................................... page 12 (Voice Name) STYLE 8BeatPop Selecting Accompaniment Styles ............................................. page 33 (Style Name) SONG SSax Selecting Songs .................................................[...]

87 Appendix: PSR-620 Function T ree Kybd Vol Changing Keyboard volume ................................................................... page 77 Octave Changing Octave (VOICE function voice and dual voice) ...................... page 77 RevLevel Changing Reverb Send Level (VOICE function voice) ........................... page 78 ChoLevel Changing[...]

88 Appendix: About Digital Effect Sound Module CHORUS (System) DSP (System) DSP (Insertion) Reverb Send Level Reverb Send Level Dual Normal Dry Reverb Send Level Split Reverb Return Level DSP Return Level Chorus Return Level DSP Send Level Chorus Send Level Chorus Send Level Chorus Send Level REVERB (System) ■ Digital Effect Configuration The PSR[...]

89 Appendix: About Digital Effect No. Effect Type Features REVERB 01~04 Hall1~4 System Concert hall reverb. 05~08 Room1~4 System Small room reverb. 09, 10 Stage1, 2 System Reverb for solo instruments. 11, 12 Plate1, 2 System Simulated steel plate reverb. 13 OFF — No effect. CHORUS 01~05 Chorus1~5 System Conventional chorus program with rich, warm[...]

90 Appendix: T r oubleshooting POSSIBLE CA USE/SOLUTION PROBLEM The speakers produce a “ pop ” sound whenever the power is turned ON or OFF . This is normal and is no cause for alarm. T urn the power OFF and tur n the power ON again. The default setting “ Local ON ” is automatically selected. Y ou are probably e xceeding the maximum polypho[...]

91 Appendix: T roub leshooting / Data Backup & Initialization POSSIBLE CA USE/SOLUTION PROBLEM A CCOMP FREEZE function is tur ned ON. The reverb and chorus types are memoried as accompaniment parameter . Press the [ACCOMP FREEZE] b utton to turn OFF it. The rev erb and chorus types can not be changed by changing the registra- tion memory number[...]

92 V oice List The PSR-620 is provided with the Panel V oices (voice numbers 01~151) and GM V oices (voice numbers 01~136). GM V oices are used for the ac- companiment. Refer to the GM V oice List on page 95 for the accompani- ment track voice editing. Polyphony The PSR-620 can play up to 32 individual notes at the same time (i.e. it has a maximum [...]

93 Panel Voice List Bank Select MIDI Number Voice Program Voice Name of Notes Number MSB LSB Number Used Piano 01 0 0 0 Grand Piano 1 02 0 0 1 Bright Piano 1 03 0 0 2 Honky-tonk Piano 2 04 0 0 3 Funky Electric Piano 2 05 0 0 4 DX Electric Piano 2 06 0 0 5 Midi Grand Piano 2 07 0 0 6 Hyper Electric Piano 2 08 0 0 7 Dream Electric Piano 2 09 0 0 8 Be[...]

94 Bank Select MIDI Number Voice Program Voice Name of Notes Number MSB LSB Number Used Brass 86 0 0 85 Trumpet 2 87 0 0 86 Flugel Horn 2 88 0 0 87 Muted Trumpet 2 89 0 0 88 Trombone 2 90 0 0 89 Trombone Section 2 91 0 0 90 French Horn 1 92 0 0 91 Tuba 1 93 0 0 92 Brass Section 2 94 0 0 93 Brass+Sax 2 95 0 0 94 Brass+Trombone 2 96 0 0 95 Brass+Trum[...]

95 GM Voice List MIDI Number Voice Program Voice Name of Notes Number Number Used Piano 01 0 Acoustic Grand Piano 1 02 1 Bright Acoustic Piano 1 03 2 Electric Grand Piano 2 04 3 Honky-tonk Piano 2 05 4 Electric Piano 1 2 06 5 Electric Piano 2 2 07 6 Harpsichord 1 08 7 Clavi 1 Chromatic Percussion 09 8 Celesta 1 10 9 Glockenspiel 1 11 10 Music Box 2[...]

96 P er cussion Kit List Note# Note 142: Standard Kit (0) 143: Room Kit (8) 144: Rock Kit (16) 145: Electronic Kit (24) 25 C # 0 Surdo Mute < —— < —— < —— 26 D0 Surdo Open < —— < —— < —— 27 D # 0 Hi Q < —— < —— < —— 28 E0 Whip Slap < —— < —— < —— 29 F0 Scratch H <[...]

97 Note# Note 146: Analog Kit (25) 147: Jazz Kit (32) 148: Brush Kit (40) 149: Classic Kit (48) 25 C # 0< —— < —— < —— < —— 26 D0 < —— < —— < —— < —— 27 D # 0< —— < —— < —— < —— 28 E0 < —— < —— < —— < —— 29 F0 < —— < —— <[...]

98 MIDI Implementation Char t [Portable Keyboard] Date: 1995. 5. 18 Model: PSR-620 MIDI Implementation Char t Version: 1.00 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default 1~16 CH 1~16 CH (*1) Channel Changed 1~16 CH 1~16 CH (*1) Default Mode 3 (*1) Mode Messages XX Altered ***************** X Note 0~127 0~127 Number : True voice ************[...]

99 *1 PSR-620 ordinarily functions as 16 MIDI channel multi-timbral tone generator controlled by MIDI reception data. Panel voices and the other panel settings are not affected by the MIDI message, except- ing the followings: MIDI Master Tuning System Exclusive Message for controlling Reverb, Chorus and Dsp The Remote Channel can be designated by t[...]

100 *10 Exclusive The following system exclusive parameters are supported. <GM system ON> F0H, 7EH, 7FH, 09H, 01H, F7H All parameters except MIDI master Tuning and Dsp setting are reset to their default values. Remote Channel setting is canceled. This message requires approximately 50ms to execute, so sufficient time should be allowed before [...]

101 <Table-1> Parameter Change SYSTEM Address Size Data Parameter Description Default (H) (H) (H) value(H) 00 00 00 4 0000 - 07FF MASTER TUNE -102.4 - +102.3[cent] 00 04 00 00 01 1st bit3-0 m bit15-12 02 2nd bit3-0 m bit11-8 03 3rd bit3-0 m bit7-4 4th bit3-0 m bit3-0 04 1 00 - 7F MASTER VOLUME 0 - 127 7F 06 1 28 - 58 TRANSPOSE -24 - +24[semit[...]

102 Address Size Data Parameter Description Default (H) (H) (H) value(H) 4A 2 00-7F VARIATION PARAMETER 5 MSB Refer to Table-3 Depends on variation type 00-7F VARIATION PARAMETER 5 LSB Refer to Table-3 Depends on variation type 4C 2 00-7F VARIATION PARAMETER 5 MSB Refer to Table-3 Depends on variation type 00-7F VARIATION PARAMETER 6 LSB Refer to T[...]

103 <Table-2> Effect map The following types in the boxes can be controlled by the PSR-620 settings. The numbers in the brackets are PSR-620 panel effect numbers. The blank indicates the content is the same as that of 00H. REVERB TYPE LSB 00H 01H 02H 08H 09H 0AH 0BH 0CH MSB 00H NO EFFECT 01H [1]HALL1 HALL5 [2]HALL2 [3]HALL3 [4]HALL4 02H ROOM5[...]

104 <Table-3> Effect Parameter List Only the following parameter numbers are effective. Parameter values consists of 2-bytes. Enter 00H for MSB and appropriate value for LSB. * Parameter number 10 Dry/Wet is effective only when Variation connection is insertion. TYPE Type Parameter Parameter Value Description MSB(H) Number 01 HALL 1 Reverb Ti[...]

105 TYPE Type Parameter Parameter Value Description MSB(H) Number 46 TREMOLO 1 LFO Frequency 0-127 0.00~39.7Hz 2 AM Depth 0-127 3 PM Depth 0-127 6 EQ Low Frequency 8-40 50Hz~2.0kHz 7 EQ Low Gain 52-76 -12~+12dB 8 EQ High Frequency 28-58 500Hz~16.0kHz 9 EQ High Gain 52-76 -12~+12dB 14 LFO Phase Difference 4-124 -180 ° ~+180 ° (resolution 3 ° ) 15[...]

106 Specifications Keyboards: 61 standard-size keys (C1~C6) with touch response. Display: Large multi-function LCD display Setup: Power: ON/OFF Master Volume: MIN-MAX Control & Ten Keys: CURSOR ▲▼ < > , FUNCTION ▲▼ , MODE ▼ , [0]~[9], [+/YES], [ – /NO], Data dial Cartridge Slot Demo: Voice Demo:17 songs Style Demo:8 songs Mode[...]

107 A AC power adaptor ................................... 6 Accomp large/small ............................... 39 Accomp out (MIDI transmission) ........... 84 Accompaniment split point .................... 41 Accompaniment track (song) ................ 49 Accompaniment volume ........................ 79 Auto accompaniment ........................[...]

L imited W arr ant y 90 DA YS LABOR 1 YEAR P AR TS Yamaha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Yamaha, warrants to the original consumer of a product included in the categories listed below, that the product will be free of defects in materials and/or workmanship for the periods indicated. This warranty is applicable to all models inclu[...]

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